http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/ Engadget Comments for Free Lines make extension cables fun again http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/Jan 18th 2008 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/Jan 18th 2008 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/
Unfortunately what we have here is just art, the pictures show plenty of nice opportunities for electrocution, so I dearly hope these concept things were not connected to any power source.

Sure, there are nice flowers on the socket and the 4-hole-style looks much nicer than the european recessed socket, but without ground and touch protection I hope your kids live long enough to enjoy the looks.
And true, the tiny plug with the possibility to connect two cables almost invisibly is intriguing. Now if someone had a look at the electrical and mechanical issues with that he'd know why the exisiting plugs are so bulky.
But clearly Mr. Sung-hun Choi hasn't bothered too much with that. Maybe someone could tell him there's no + and - with AC, though... :)]]>Jan 18th 2008 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/Jan 18th 2008 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/Jan 18th 2008 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/
And no, its not possible to overload an outlet with normal multi plugs because they have a breaker in them to you cant pull more then a wall outlet can provide.

This to me looks like something that was not designed from the right end of the process. Who needs it, where is there a situation that would need one or 2 or 3 outlets then a long cable that you can adjust then another outlet? Every place I have a multi plug is because I have a need for lots of plugs in one location. further along the wall, I plug another one into the power outlet there. If you live in some prehistoric house with few outlets then put the cash towards rewiring it since the wiring is probably so old its about to fall to pieces and short out.]]>Jan 18th 2008 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/Jan 18th 2008 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/
First, they may look really nice strung along your wall, but only until you actually try to USE them- How nice does a flowery thing at eye level look once you have a cell phone charger hanging from it?

Second, as several people have pointed out, these are death waiting to happen. you have mateable coaxial AC power? What happens if one of these is live and you touch the end of the damn wire? At least with regular AC outlets you need a paperclip before you can fry yourself. Not to mention, from the design pictures, the "positive" and "negative" terminals appear to be about half a centimeter apart-- 120v AC can easily arc over this distance (particularly when bending the cable shortens the distance slightly, shorting your entire house.

Brilliant. These guys should design airplanes too.]]>Jan 18th 2008 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/Jan 18th 2008 4:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/18/free-lines-make-extension-cables-fun-again/
It would be nice to have that kind of flexibility when doing temporary things (like extension cords should be used). Permanently in the house, though? Not so much.
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